JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Texas man was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for illegally obtaining more than $400,000 in government benefits. According to court documents, Ganiyu Abayomi Jimoh, 30, conspired with others to commit wire fraud by opening numerous bank accounts in Hinds, Madison, and Rankin counties using [.]
A Nigerian national with dual U.S. citizenship will spend six years behind bars for illegally obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits through fraud schemes in central Mississippi. Court documents reveal that 30-year-old Ganiyu Abayomi Jimoh, who was living in Texas, conspired with others to commit wire fraud.
A Texas man pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining more than $400,000 in COVID-19 economic assistance loans through Mississippi accounts. Court documents show that 30-year-old Ganiyu Abayomi Jimoh of Houston, Texas, conspired with others to commit wire fraud by opening numerous bank accounts in Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Counties using other.
A scammer who fooled victims by pretending to be a U.S. soldier deployed to Afghanistan will go to prison and must pay more than $400,000 in restitution, a federal judge ordered.